CVE-2006-5870

Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0.4 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.1.0; and StarOffice 6 through 8; allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) WMF or (b) EMF file that triggers heap-based buffer overflows in (1) wmf/winwmf.cxx, during processing of META_ESCAPE records; and wmf/enhwmf.cxx, during processing of (2) EMR_POLYPOLYGON and (3) EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 records.

• CWE-189

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0001.html
• http://osvdb.org/32610
• http://osvdb.org/32611
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23549Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23600Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23612Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23616Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23620Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23682Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23683Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23711Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23712Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23762Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23920Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017466
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1246
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288US Government Resource
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:006
• http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/
• http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042Patch
• http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/39509/alloc.overflows.wmf.patch
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455947/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455954/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0031Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0059Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0001.html
• http://osvdb.org/32610
• http://osvdb.org/32611
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23549Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23600Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23612Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23616Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23620Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23682Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23683Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23711Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23712Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23762Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23920Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017466
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1246
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288US Government Resource
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:006
• http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/
• http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042Patch
• http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/39509/alloc.overflows.wmf.patch
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455947/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455954/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0031Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0059Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145

Published

Dec 31, 2006

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
• Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
• PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
• AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.

• CVE-2006-5864Stack-based buffer overflow in the ps_gettext function in ps…
• CVE-2006-5865PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in language.inc.php …
• CVE-2006-5866Directory traversal vulnerability in Mdoc/view-sourcecode.ph…
• CVE-2006-5867fetchmail before 6.3.6-rc4 does not properly enforce TLS and…
• CVE-2006-5868Multiple buffer overflows in Imagemagick 6.0 before 6.0.6.2,…
• CVE-2006-5869pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execut…
• CVE-2006-5871smbfs in Linux kernel 2.6.8 and other versions, and 2.4.x be…
• CVE-2006-5872login.pl in SQL-Ledger before 2.6.21 and LedgerSMB before 1.…
• CVE-2006-5873Buffer overflow in the cluster_process_heartbeat function in…
• CVE-2006-5874Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and earlier allows remote attac…
• CVE-2006-5875eoc.py in Enemies of Carlotta (EoC) before 1.2.4 allows remo…
• CVE-2006-5876The soup_headers_parse function in soup-headers.c for libsou…